Mediterranean
Garlic Lemon Shrimp Skewers
Garlic Lemon Shrimp Skewers is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 lb large shrimp
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 5 garlic cloves
- 2 lemons
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 2 zucchini
- 3/4 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Whisk the olive oil, garlic, the juice of one lemon, paprika, red pepper flakes, and salt.
- Toss the shrimp in the marinade and let them sit 15 minutes.
- Thread the shrimp and thick zucchini rounds alternately onto skewers.
- Heat a grill or grill pan over medium-high.
- Grill the skewers, turning once, until the shrimp are pink and opaque, about 6 minutes total.
- Squeeze the remaining lemon over the top and scatter with parsley to serve.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Garlic Lemon Shrimp Skewers carries shellfish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Baked Falafel Plate |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Garlic Lemon Shrimp Skewers takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on shrimp, zucchini, and lemon.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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